History of April 12: What all happened on this day?
Historical Significance of April 12 & take a look at the events happened on this day
Every day has some historical significance in history. To know what has happened on 12th April here is the chronological order of global historic events.
Historical events happened in India
1482 Rana Sanga is born
commonly-known as Rana Sanga, was an Indian ruler of Mewar and head of a powerful Rajput confederacy in Rajputana during the 16th century.
1885 Indian Historian R D Banerjee was born
Noted Indian historian R D Banerjee is born in Berhampore, West Bengal, India. Mostly known as the discoverer of Mohenjo-Daro, principal state of Harappan civilization.
1892; Indian Politician and lawyer, R T Rajan is boron
Rajan was born in Uthamapalayam and educated at The Leys School, Cambridge and Jesus College, Oxford. Rajan graduated in history and law and practiced as an advocate for some time before joining the Justice Party. Rajan was elected to the Madras Legislative Council as a Justice Party candidate in 1920 and served as a legislator till his defeat in 1937.
World Historical events
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1861 American Civil war
The bloodiest four years in American history begin when Confederate shore batteries open fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in South Caroline.
1962 Soviet space exploration
aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. During the flight, the 27-year-old test pilot and industrial technician also became the first man to orbit the planet, a feat accomplished by his space capsule in 89 minutes
1945 Franklin D Roosevelt dies
Franklin D Roosevelt dies after serving momentous terms in the office.
1981 The Space shuttle Columbia launched
Space shuttle Columbia is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was the first reusable manned spacecraft to travel into space.
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